The Road Travelled: Surviving and Flourishing 25 years on

2018 is a special year for CoLRiC, the Council for Learning Resources in Colleges. It’s our 25th anniversary. Please join us at a celebratory conference being held at University College Birmingham.

We’re delighted to announce that our keynote speaker is Nick Poole, CEO of CILIP. The day will also feature presentations, awards ceremonies and a choice of breakout sessions. The day will conclude with a drinks and canapés reception giving you the opportunity to network with colleagues from across country.

PROGRAMME

09:45 - 10:00 Welcome from the Chair(s) and introduction to the day

10:00 - 10:45 Keynote presentation from Nick Poole, CILIP followed by Q&As

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee and meet our sponsors

11:15 - 11:45 CHOICE OF FOUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS

A: Let’s make the statement “I can’t do maths!” a thing of the past, Jonathan Longstaffe, Mathematics Consultant

B: From FE to HE, Adam Fields, Oxford Brookes University

C: A new definition of information literacy, Andrew Walsh, University of Huddersfield

D: Improving pathways into the profession through apprenticeships, Jackie Chelin, University of the West of England and Luke Stevens-Burt, CILIP

12:00 – 12:30 PLENARY SESSION

The importance of learning resource centres and library services in further education, Pat Brennan-Barratt, Principal, Northampton College

Library services – and librarians and information professionals – play a critical role in supporting organisational goals and strategies.

12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH and meet our sponsors

13:30 – 14:10 PLENARY SESSION

How is your organisation developing its organisational digital capability? Corinne Walker, Oldham Sixth Form College and Scott Hibberson, Jisc

Oldham Sixth Form College supported staff in the development of their digital capabilities by participating in a pilot of Jisc’s discovery tool.

14:25 – 14:55 CHOICE OF FOUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS

A: Let’s make the statement “I can’t do maths!” a thing of the past, Jonathan Longstaffe, Mathematics Consultant

B: From FE to HE, Adam Fields, Oxford Brookes University

C: A new definition of information literacy, Andrew Walsh, University of Huddersfield

D: Improving pathways into the profession through apprenticeships, Jackie Chelin, University of the West of England and Luke Stevens-Burt, CILIP

14:55 – 15:25 TEA and meet our sponsors

15:25 – 15:55 PLENARY SESSION

“You want me to read! Why do I need to do that?!” Genevieve Clarke, The Reading Agency

Colleges around the country have been using programmes run by The Reading Agency such as Reading Ahead, Quick Reads, World Book Night and Reading Well for several years. This session celebrates the success of library staff in encouraging their students and teaching colleagues to think differently about reading.

15:55 – 16:10 Awards ceremony

16:10 – 16:30 Why I founded CoLRiC, Jeff Cooper, founder CoLRiC

16:30 – 16:45 SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE, LESSONS LEARNED AND THANK YOU FROM THE CHAIRS

16:45 – 18:00 Reception. Please join us for prosecco and canapes

18:00 CLOSE

Speakers:
*Nick Poole, CEO of CILIP
*Genevieve Clarke from the Reading Agency
*Jonathan Longstaffe, ex North West Regional Maths Advisor and mathematics consultant
*Luke Stevens-Burt, CILIP Assistant Director, Member Services
*Jackie Chelin, Deputy Director of Library Services, University of the West of England
*Andrew Walsh, Academic Librarian for Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield
*Adam Fields, Widening Participation Assistant, Oxford Brookes University
*Pat Brennan-Barratt, Principal, Northampton College
*Jeff Cooper, CoLRiC founder

Who should attend?
The Council for Learning Resources in Colleges (CoLRiC) is an independent organisation working with library and learning resources centre managers in further education, sixth form colleges and the HE in FE sector to enhance and maintain excellence in their services. The day will be of interest not only to CoLRiC members, but all library and information professionals with a commitment to high quality learning resources and an interest in trends and developments impacting on the education sector.

If you have any queries please email the CoLRiC admin team at:
colric@colric.org.uk

Membership of CoLRiC is open to any further education or sixth form college in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. Please visit our web site for further information.

CoLRIC would like to thank their sponsors for supporting the 25th anniversary conference (SirsiDynix, Browns Books for Students, PTFS Europe, ITS (Info Technology Supply) and Proquest) and in particular our Platinum sponsors OpenAthens and EBSCO Information Services and our lead Diamond sponsor IS Oxford.

The Council for Learning Resources in Colleges (CoLRiC) is an independent organisation working with library and learning resources centre managers in further education, sixth form colleges and the HE in FE sector to enhance and maintain excellence in their services.